Shoe-polishing device.



F. E. NELSON.

SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22. 1914.

Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

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FRANK E. NELSON, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO BELLE OVNELSON,013' LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE-POLISHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 24, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK E. NELSON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Shoe-Polishing Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention pertains to shoepolishing devices of the kindincluding a foot-supporting body, a strip of polishing material, androds carried by thebody and arranged to guide the strip of material insuch manner as to carry portions of the same against different portionsof a shoe; and it consists in the peculiar and advantageous polishingdevice hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which are hereby made a part hereof:Figure 1 is a perspective illustrating the manner of using my noveldevice. Fig. 2 is a plan showing the body and the metallic portion ofthe device. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken in the plane indicatedby the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawing.

My invention contemplates the provision of a shoe-polishing device thatis extremely simple and inexpensive in construction, and

is designed with a view to facilitating the edgewise placing of thestrip of polishing material between the body and the side rods, and alsowith a view to preventing the loop of the strip from running off the toeof the shoe incidental to the polishing of the toe portion of the shoe.

The invention therefore consists in a Wooden body comprising twosuperimposed sections 1 connected together by glue or other suitablemeans, and provided, by preference, on its underside with rubber orother suitable pads 2; a strip 3 of textile material or other materialsuitable for polishing purposes; side rods 4 spaced from the side edgesof the body and having outwardly and rearwardly directed arms 5 at theirforward ends, and an upstanding loop-shaped toe stop disposed at thefront end of the body.

The upstanding toe stop, which is numbered 6, terminates at its ends inrearwardly ex tending longitudinal rods 7, the rear ends of which arejoined through loops 8 with the rear ends of the side rods 4:.

As will be clearly understood by comparison of the several figures, therods 7 and portions of the loops 8 are interposed between and held bythe sections 1 of the body. From this it follows that the side rods 4and the toe stop 6 are maintained in fixed relation to the body withoutthe employment of extraneous means, which contributes greatly to thecheapness of the device.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that the spaces between the siderods 4 and the side edges of the body 1 are open at their forward ends,and therefore the strip 3 can be introduced edgewise between the bodyand the side rods 4. This is advantageous because it facilitates theplacing of the strip 3 relative to the body and the side rods,particularly when the strip 3 is provided at its ends with large handlesas is sometimes the case. It will also be gathered that incidental tothe use of the device the stop 6 offers an abutment to the toe of theshoe to be polished, and the arms 5 on the rods 6 effectually preventthe loop of the strip 3 from running off the toe of the shoe during thepolishing thereof. It will further be gathered that making of the stop 6and the side rods 1in one piece of wire, as illustrated, and thesecuring of the unitary metallic element between the sections 1 of thebody contributes to both the inexpensiveness and the durability of thedevice.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

In a shoe polishing device, the combination with a body comprisingsuperimposed sections, connected together; of an upstanding toe stop,longitudinal rods extending from the ends thereof, side rods, and loopsjoining the rear ends of the longitudinal rods and side rods; the saidtoe stop, longitudinal rods, side rods and loops being formed of onepiece of material, the longitudinal rods and parts of the loops beinginterposed and held between the sections of the body, and the side rodsbeing spaced my hand in presence of tWo subscribing from 3:116 body an?provided at their oppo- Witnesses.

site on s With re erence to the loops With T lateral aims constructedand arranged to FRA1\K NELSON 5 prevent the bights of a polishing clothrun- Witnesses:

ning off the side rods. R. S. STEARNs, In testimony whereof I havehereunto set J. L. MILLs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. s

